Packing-box for paper-beaters.



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J. E. MAURER.

PACKING BOXIOR PAPER BEATERSI APPLICATION FILED JAN. 29,1908.

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No. 891,848. 'PATENTED JUNE 30, 1908.

J. E. MAURBR.

PACKING BOXPOB. PAPER BEATERS. APPLICATION FILED JAILQQ. 1908.

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UNITED STATES PATENT oEEroE.

JAMES E. MAURER, OF JOHNSONBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TO JOHN A. CRAIG, OF JOHNSONBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

PACKING-BOX FOR PAPER-BEATERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June so, 1908.

Application filed January 29, 1908. Serial No. 413,330.

'To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES E. MAURER, a citizen of the United States, residing at J ohnsonburg, in the county of Elk and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Packing-Boxes for Paper-Beaters; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in packing glands especially adapted for paper beater shafts, etc., and comprises various details of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and then specifically defined in the appended claims.

1 illustrate my invention in the accomp any ing drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation showing the application of my invention to a paper beater frame. Fig. 2 1s a rear elevation. Fig. 3 is a top plan view. Fig. 4 is a side elevation. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the bottom gland. Fig. 6 is a top plan view of the bottom gland. Fig. 7 is a side elevation of the top gland, and Fig. 8 is a top plan view of the upper gland. Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A and B designate two boxings each of which is recessed out upon its inner edge so that when the two boxings are fitted together, an oblong aperture B will be formed through which the shaft S is adapted to pass, a slight space intervening above and below the shaft for the purpose of allowing a vertical adjustment to the latter. Said boxings are adapted to be bolted or otherwise securely held to the beater frame, and D, D designate bolts which are held, respectively, by said boxings and have nuts D mounted upon the threaded ends thereof.

E and F designate two plates each of which is provided with two transverse slots F through which said bolts D pass. The inner marginal edge of each of said plates E and F has formed therein a concaved recess formed on the arc of a circle and adapted to close the space intermediate .the shaft and marginal Referring to Fig. 3 of the drawings, it will f 7 be noted that the projecting portion of the boxing A forms a casing for the reception of the upper gland H which, as seen in the detail view of the drawings, is substantially semicircular in outline and provided with flanges H at its ends, which flanges are apertured as at h. Said gland H has a contracted portion h intermediate its curved portion and the flange H, as shown clearly in the top plan view of the gland, and which contracted portion is adapted to have a vertical play in the slots A formed in the sides of the boxing A. Shoulders H are formed below the contracted portion h and are adapted to bear against shoulders projecting from the face of the boxing B. Said flanges H are reinforced by the braces H which are cast integral therewith, and a second gland K is of substantially the same construction as said gland H and is provided With the flanges K at its ends, with the integral braces K for reinforcing the same, while a contracted por tion K is formed intermediate the flanges and the body portion of the gland K. The opposite sides of the boxing B has slots B formed therein for the reception of the contracted portions K of the gland K, as shown clearly in Fig. 4 of the drawings. The gland K is also provided with shoulders K which are similar to the shoulders H described 0f the gland H and are adapted to bear against the shoulders upon the face of the boxing A. The flanges K have apertures k for the reception of the bolts 0 which are adapted to be passed through registering apertures in the flanges K and H and held in clamping relation with a packing interposed between the glands and the shaft by means of the nuts Q which are mounted upon the threaded ends of said bolts 0.

In adjusting my improved packing box, to the shaft of a paper beater or other apparatus, the boxings A and B are first fastened to the frame of the apparatus, with the shaft extending through the oblong opening formed by the two recesses therein, after which the packing is inserted about the shaft and between the glands and by drawing the glands together, the packing may be held in contact with the shaft, the space intermediate the shaft and the marginal edges of the recesses in said boxings A and B being closed by the adjustment of the lates E and F.

From the foregoing, it will be noted that by the provision of the apparatus shown and described, a shaft may be economically packed with the ordinary greasy waste from engine rooms and owing to the construction shown, the glands will adjust themselves to the movements of the shaft.

What I claim is 1. A packing apparatus for shafts of paper beaters, etc., comprising two boXings which have recesses upon the inner edges thereof forming an oblong opening when secured to the frame of the apparatus and through which opening the shaft to be packed passes, and vertically adjustable glands mounted in uideways in said boxings, bolts projecting from said boXings, slotted plates recessed upon their inner edges and through which said bolts pass, and nuts upon said bolts, as set forth.

2. A packing apparatus for shafts of paper heaters, etc. comprising two boXings having each an oval outlined recess in the adjacent edges thereof adapted to receive a shaft, the o posite sides of the boxings having vertical s ots, semicircular outlined glands having contracted portions adapted to be guided in said slots, apertured flanges at the ends of said glands, bolts passing through said apertures and tightening nuts mounted upon the bolts and adaptedto bear against the flanges boaters, etc., comprising two boxmgs having each an oval outlined recess in the adjacent edges thereof adapted to receive a shaft, the

7 opposite sides of the boxings having vertical ots, semicircular outlined glands having contracted portions adapted to be guided in said slots, apertured flanges at the ends of said glands, bolts passing through said apertures and tightening nuts mounted upon the bolts and adapted to bear against the. flanges of one of said glands, bolts projecting from said boxings, slotted plates having semicircular outlined recesses in their adjacent edges adapted to receive a shaft, said bolts passing through the slots in the plates, nuts upon said bolts carried by the boXings, and shouldered portions on either side of the contracted portions of said glands adapted to bear against flanges upon the boXings, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afliX my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES E. MAURER. 

